WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on May 13, 2024, by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland at the Election Threats Task Force Meeting: * * * Remarks as Delivered Thank you all for being here - all of you. In a few minutes, we will begin our meeting of the Justice Department's Election Threats Task Force. We are meeting today for the same reason I launched this Task Force three years ago: we have seen a dangerous increase in violent threats agai  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- AmeriCorps issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: On Friday, May 10, AmeriCorps CEO Michael Smith and Representative Richard Neal (MA-01) visited Rebecca Johnson Elementary school to meet with an AmeriCorps member serving at Springfield College and her students and celebrate the recent federal funds awarded to Springfield College. The site visit coincided with Smith's commencement speech at American International College and aimed to spotlight the program's imp  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANIEL OLIVER, also known as "Chase," 30, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Harford to 20 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl. According to court  more

OAKLAND, California, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Rambler Gallo was sentenced to serve six months of home confinement and 36 months of probation for intentionally causing damage to the computer network for the Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility, located in the Town of Discovery Bay, Calif., and thereby threatening public health and safety. Specifically, Gallo intentionally uninstalled the  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston apprehended a Colombian national wanted by authorities in his home country for the crimes of aggravated homicide, aggravated theft and unlawful possession of a weapon. Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested the 49-year-old noncitizen near his residence in Pittsfield May 6. "This Colombian nationa  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that now-bankrupt financial technology company Kabbage Inc., doing business as KServicing, has agreed to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by knowingly submitting thousands of false claims for loan forgiveness, loan guarantees, and processing fees to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in connection with its partici  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 14 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Today the Healey-Driscoll Administration joined the Confluence of States (COS), a bipartisan national coalition of state governments, dedicated to growing the outdoor recreation economy and championing conservation. The Massachusetts Office of Outdoor Recreation (MOOR) joins 17 other state departments at COS dedicated to advancing and embodyi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 14 -- The Massachusetts Department of Public Health issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: The Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced $1.9 million in annual state funding over the next 11 years awarded to 19 community organizations to provide suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention services across the state. Now entering its tenth year, this funding allocation is part of DPH's Suicide Prevention Program, which seeks to reduce the inci  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: Bankrupt lender Kabbage, Inc. d/b/a KServicing, has agreed to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted thousands of false claims for loan forgiveness, loan guarantees, and processing fees to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as part of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), in violation of the False Claims Act (FCA). Kabbage is now winding dow  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 14 -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has penalized Berkshire Springs Holding Company, LLC, for failing to notify MassDEP of a September 2023 spill of diesel fuel at a service station in Pittsfield. Berkshire Springs is a bottler and distributor of spring water based in Southfield. "It is critical that customers of gasoline and diesel fueling  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 14 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release: The director of the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Office of Career and Technical Education earned lifetime achievement honors as others from Michigan also won awards at a recent regional conference. Dr. Brian Pyles won the Lifetime Achievement and Hall of Fame Award at the Association for Career and Technical Education Region 1 Conference in New York City. Pyles, a Lansing resident, ha  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, May 14 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: The Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) board approved 11 New Mexico companies for funding to support workforce training for 116 new and current employees, Acting Economic Development Department (EDD) Cabinet Secretary Mark Roper announced today. Twelve awards were announced for eleven organizations, including one amended and two Step Up awards. The original Jo  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, May 14 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute issued the following news: * * * A smart bra aims to better detect and prevent heart problems in women * * * When Alicia Chong Rodriguez was an electrical engineering computer science student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), she became immersed in using large systems and computational datasets for cardiovascular research. She quickly saw how data had the power to  more